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    In the Garden of Beasts - Behind the Story
    In the Garden of Beasts - Behind the Story
    In the Garden of Beasts - Behind the Story
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    In the Garden of Beasts - Behind the Story

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    Loved the novel, but still hungry for more?

    If you've devoured the last morsel of your savory book, but have a stomach that yearns for more, "Behind the Story" will be a most delightful surprise. Enjoy this basket full of hand-picked treats, compiled as an easy, concise, info-rich serving just for you! You'll be on a VIP tour where we will take you by the hand to show you what is behind the curtains, what is "Behind the Story".

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    “What was the inspiration behind the creation of this book?”

    Larson was in a lull after the publication of his book, The Devil in the White City, when he found the book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer while browsing in a bookshop. It was a book he had always intended to read and he thought it was the right time for him to do that, since he was still thinking of what subject matter to write about in his next book. He got engrossed in the book because Shirer had actually been in Germany during the Nazi Regime. He had been able to write his personal experiences as a war correspondent in Germany for six years, and use captured Third Reich documents of key participants. He had been able to meet Hitler, Goebbels, Goering, among others, and Larson wondered how it could have been for Shirer to have met all these people without knowing what would happen next as we knew it now. He wondered how it really would have felt for Shirer to experience the darkness falling over Germany as events unfolded.
    Larson said this “wet his imagination.” He was a journalist/historian/novelist and Shirer was a war correspondent so this was very attractive to someone like him. He began thinking of writing about Nazi Germany.
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    Disclaimer: This work is not meant to replace, but to complement the original work. If you've loved the novel, then this is the book for you. It is educational in purpose, entertaining in nature, unauthorized and unofficial. It is a digestive work produced to stimulate the appetite and to encourage readers to appreciate the original work even more.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXinXii
    Release dateDec 17, 2013
    ISBN9781476444727
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      Foreword

      A personal note from the editor…

      What if…? was the question that gave birth to Behind the Story Books.

      When I pick up a book, from the first letter to the last, I am often completely enveloped in the novel - I’m laughing, rejoicing, fighting, and crying, side by side next to the characters. Even long after the book is finished, I found myself reminiscing about the scenes and characters over and over again in my head like a broken tape recorder – I was left high and very dry.

      One particularly pleasant evening, after closing the last page to a wonderful story, I just HAD to find out everything about the book - how it was created, how it was developed, who the author was, - everything.

      This sudden spurt of passion has led me to create and develop Behind the Story Books, to share with you - my fellow book lovers – a fan’s love for books. I hope you can see the love that went into the creation this book. Please enjoy this book and support Behind the Story Books. It is created for a fan, by a fan.

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      Behind the Story: A Book Companion

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      Book Title: In the Garden of Beasts

      Author Name: Erik Larson

      Time it was written: 2006 - 2009

      Place it was written: Seattle

      First publication: May 10, 2011

      Publisher: Crown, First Edition

      Narrator: Third Person Narrator

      Point of view: Third Person Omniscient

      Tone: Clear, Concise, Fascinating, Powerful, Poignant, Suspenseful

      Tense: Past

      Setting (Time): 1933 - 1990

      Setting (Place): Berlin, Germany; Prague, Russia; Washington and Chicago

      Protagonist: William E. Dodd, Martha Dodd

      Theme: War, Politics, Intrigue, Prejudice, Injustice

      Motif: Anti-Semitism, Torture, Assassination, Politics, Horror

      Who’s the author anyways?

      Erik Larson is an American writer, journalist and novelist. He was born on January 3, 1954 in Brooklyn but he grew up in Freeport, Long Island. He has taken residence in various states since leaving Long Island—Bristol, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, twice in San Francisco, and twice also in Baltimore—before finally settling in Seattle. He took Russian History at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated summa cum laude in 1976. After taking a break for a year, he attended the Columbia

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